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The classic was this, round-trip revenges, affronted by settlement that are accumulating as pending accounts, recovered competitiveness and promises of future appointments, in a season predestined for Real Madrid and Barcelona to see them irremediably in the great summits. In the third of the season, to close the year, it was the Barça turn, voracious in his lair, guided by Mirotic and without a macula in the 40 minutes, especially in the defensive aspect. [83-73: Narration and statistics]

Pesic acknowledged the lesson learned. "We knew how to defend Madrid," he admitted as soon as he finished, recognizing that he had finally hit the key. In his new Barça, forged on the basis of books and stars available to almost anyone, only the defensive key can make them fail. It is what will separate them from successes, since the mountain of talent is hard to match. This is how his pupils understood this time, meticulous from the initial jump, concentrated in each loophole until making Madrid despair completely.

It is true that it is advisable not to be astonished in this type of duels by the tromba exits, by the majestic streaks or by the apparent disconnections. The flow of quality on both sides is such that small shocks can occur within the great earthquake that is a classic. The issue is knowing how to control the global and arrive with options at the moment of truth. The first local blow was almost a matter of logic, a blow on the table of the one who was injured in the last battles , the one who had to show his courage. And yet, unlike the last episode in Euroleague, that moment of the beginning was going to mark the remains.

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It seemed and it was too much; Madrid trembled in the Palau like a newborn calf. Campazzo woke up losing four almost consecutive balls , unheard of. The intensity of the club was manual, with that Claver back after two months injured that explains so many good defensive decisions of the collective, fundamental glue. But everything has a limit and in this case it was 35-14, an alarming maximum.

Because if Barça liked it, without opting this time for individual options, Madrid could not play worse, simply. He had failed all the failures, had sent limbo 14 balls in the first part , Laso had opted for even the young Garuba to try to inject adrenaline to the rest, so that something varied a deadly inertia ... And, even so, with everything that, only fell by 12 to rest.

And in a blink of an eye he came closer (41-34), around the locker room, to show that it was not all written, although the wind in favor remained on the Barca side, always more involved, more hungry than Pesic. Although the third quarter became entangled until it became unbearable, with the referees roaming freely in a scenario that should never be theirs, sanctioning again and again faults in attack until nonsense .

In this mud, only reduced by the flashes of Mirotic, a detail marked the new local pull, which was going to be definitive this time. When Deck sprained his knee and remained battered several minutes on the track. Too much for a Madrid in the limit, which did not re-carburete, which also yielded in the inner battle, which kept losing balls and failing triple. It had been strange that Laso was left out of the call to Jordan Mickey - for an extra-community place - and Salah Mejri, muscle and centimeters that were missed, despite the impetus of the very young Garuba, who gave the face.

Barça was not going to have mercy, nor Mirotic (without being his most plethoric night, ended up with 20 points) , in his particular task, especially motivated before his ex, whom he had fired on the WiZink with a "they will come, now will come ".. He did not stop biting even with the rival already surrendered. The classic league was clearly for the Catalans, who end the year as co-leaders in the ACB, also head of the Euroleague. In both competitions, matched with Madrid -with permission from Zaragoza and Efes-, promising a 2020 of maximum rivalry.

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